My Brother Morris Berg: The Real Moe
[Newark?]: (S.n.), (1975). Black and white photographs, facsimiles. Softcover. Quarto. [vii], 357 pages.
Biography of major league baseball catcher and coach, Moe Berg, by his sister. The book comprises letters, photographs, and news clippings, chronicling Berg's early years, his academic journey at Princeton and the Sorbonne, his stint as a professional baseball player, and his subsequent roles within the U. S. Government. Particularly noteworthy is his service during World War II with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS, later CIA), where he was dispatched to Europe to gather intelligence on anti-American groups and physicists associated with the German nuclear program.
Very good condition, with some light exterior soil and browning and extremity rubs.
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